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Rethinking Smallpox [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2004
The potential consequences of a competently executed smallpox attack have not been adequately considered by policy makers. The possibility of release of an aerosolized and/or bioengineered virus must be anticipated and planned for. The transmission and infectivity of variola virus are examined.
Martin M, Weiss   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Patterns of smallpox mortality in London, England, over three centuries.

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2020
Smallpox is unique among infectious diseases in the degree to which it devastated human populations, its long history of control interventions, and the fact that it has been successfully eradicated.
Olga Krylova, David J D Earn
doaj   +1 more source

Phase-out of smallpox vaccination and the female/male HIV-1 prevalence ratio: an ecological study from Guinea-Bissau

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective In Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, we observed that having a smallpox vaccination scar was associated with lower HIV-1 prevalence, more strongly for women than men.
Marie Villumsen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reflections on Dr J Michael Lane, a giant of public health (1936-2020)

open access: yesGlobal Biosecurity, 2020
Reflections on Dr J Michael Lane (1936-2020) a global leader in smallpox eradication and the Director of Smallpox Eradication at the US CDC. Dr Lane was an alumnus of the US CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service and had worked in global health on control ...
C Raina MacIntyre
doaj   +1 more source

The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: Lessons for malaria eradication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases-smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles-we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication.
Breman, JG   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Efficacy of CMX001 as a Prophylactic and Presymptomatic Antiviral Agent in New Zealand White Rabbits Infected with Rabbitpox Virus, a Model for Orthopoxvirus Infections of Humans

open access: yesViruses, 2011
CMX001, a lipophilic nucleotide analog formed by covalently linking 3‑(hexdecyloxy)propan-1-ol to cidofovir (CDV), is being developed as a treatment for smallpox.
Richard W. Moyer   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repositioning potentials of smallpox vaccines and antiviral agents in monkeypox outbreak: A rapid review on comparative benefits and risks

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2022
Background and aims There is a sought for vaccines and antiviral agents as countermeasures for the recent monkeypox outbreak. Here, we aimed to review and discuss the repurposing potentials of smallpox vaccines and drugs in monkeypox outbreaks based on ...
Md. Rabiul Islam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Haemorrhagic smallpox [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Infection, 1969
SUMMARYIn practically all acute fulminating smallpox infections—haemorrhagic type I cases—there is severe viraemia with 104 or more infective particles of virus per ml. of blood. In most of these patients soluble antigen can be demonstrated in serum by precipitation in agar gel tests, or by the complement-fixation technique. In late haemorrhagic cases (
A W, Downie   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Contains fulltext : 190586.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)20 ...
Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
core   +3 more sources

Influence of Population Immunosuppression and Past Vaccination on Smallpox Reemergence

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
We built a SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered) model of smallpox transmission for New York, New York, USA, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that accounted for age-specific population immunosuppression and residual vaccine immunity and
C. Raina MacIntyre   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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